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Zuma slams Nato Libya operation as AU panel meets

A family reunited after the ICRC ship arrives in Tripoli from BenghaziReuters/Ismail Zitouny

South African President Jacob Zuma slammed Nato’s operation in Libya at the opening of the African Union’s (AU) Libya panel meeting in Pretoria. Rebels said they expected a proposal from Moamer Kadhafi “very soon” through French and South African intermediaries.

The UN resolution authorising the Nato bombing campaign “was not to authorise a campaign for regime change or political assassination", Zuma reportedly told opening talks of the AU panel on Libya.

THE BATTLE FOR LIBYA

He accused the military alliance of exceeding its mandate to “protect the Libyan people and facilitate the humanitarian effort".

British officials claim to be tracking Kadhafi’s movements and refraining from killing him because of the terms of the resolution, according to the Guardian newspaper on Friday.

An AU “roadmap” calls for a ceasefire and reforms "necessary for the elimination of the causes of the current crisis", but the TNC insists that Kadhafi end his grip on power as a condition for accepting any deal.